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"A Visit to the Jain Center of Southern California" is intended to assist in the presentation of the Jain religion in California 6th grade social studies classes. The Jain Center of Southern California (JCSC) located in Buena Park, California, is a non-profit religious organization to pursue a goal of practicing, promoting and preserving the Jain religion. Started in 1979, the present center of 13,000 sq. ft. was opened in 2008 to accommodate the growing Jain population. The exterior design of the center is inspired and reminiscent of ancient Jain temples of Delwada, Ranakpur and Paliana Tirths. Carved Jesalmer yellow limestone was designed and produced in India for the exterior of the building, and the interior uses natural stone including white marble and colorful granite.



This video is part of a project of four temple tours in the Los Angeles area: Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh and Jain. It has been reviewed and approved by the temple's management for publication on YouTube.



Credits:



Directed by Mainak Dhar

Produced by Gabriel Bruskoff

Executive Producer: Acharya Arumuganathaswami

Funded by: Uberoi Foundation

Additional Funds by: Hinduism Today



Guide: Julie Shah

Wooden Temple Expert: Dr. Nitin Shah

Nuns: Samani Amal Pragya, Samani Swati Pragya

Featured Student: Cori Baik

Additional Students: Sakina Evans, Isabella Feliciana, Alyssa Furtado, Tanner

Hagen, Shelby Holihan, Jackie Tran

Teacher: Nicole Dionne



Director of Photography: Gareth Taylor

Second Camera Operator: Peter Castagnetti

Sound Mixer: Tyler Neisinger

On Set Production Supervisor: Aaron Moskal

Editor: Mragendra Singh



Additional Images:

Mahavra 1900 Art, photographed by Jules Jain, Public Domain

Tirthankar Bhagwan Mahavira by Arihantenamani, CC BY-SA 4.0

East India Men by Jesse Tarbox Beals, Public Domain



Music:

Janani Ninnuvina

Reethigowlai

Misra Chapu

Subbaraya Sastri

Alapana, Madhyamavathi by Srikanth Chary & Poovalur Srinivasan



Special Thanks to:

Jain Center of Southern California

Dr. Nitin Shah

Yogesh Shah

Breakdown Services

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This film may be freely distributed for educational purposes.
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